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S13 / Critical listening
Reviews
Records and live performances considered through close listening and independent criticism.
Reviews archive
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Berlin Atonal — Shimmering Sonic Depths In The Cutting Edge Industrial Surroundings
Berlin Atonal returns to Kraftwerk with world premieres, audiovisual performances and spatial sound installations, spanning electronic music’s pioneering and contemporary generations.
Unsound — where time is truly irrelevant
A look back at Unsound 2013 and ahead to the 2014 edition, bringing experimental performances, installations and unexpected encounters into Kraków’s historic spaces.
Jesse Osborne-Lanthier (Noir) — Athenaeum of Unedited…
Jesse Osborne-Lanthier gathers intimate live recordings from 2011–2013, preserving their tension and improvisational detail.
Valerio Tricoli — Miseri Lares
Valerio Tricoli’s Miseri Lares unfolds as a haunted house of psychological drama and musique concrète.
LCC — d/evolution
LCC’s debut for Editions Mego balances fractured electronic structures with spacious, immersive sound.
Roberto Crippa — Reverse
Roberto Crippa’s Reverse explores physical sound, abrasive texture and an uneasy sense of space.
Peder Mannerfelt — Lines Describing Circles
Peder Mannerfelt traces the relationship between human feeling, electronics and acoustic detail.
Drøp — Vasundhara EP
Drøp’s Vasundhara combines organic textures, intricate electronic rhythm and a remix by Dadub.
Blitzkrieg Baby — Kids’ World EP
Blitzkrieg Baby’s Kids’ World brings black humour, cinematic tension and industrial unease to Beläten.
Evol — Proper Headshrinker
A reconsideration of Evol’s Proper Headshrinker: repetition, rave synthesis and psychoactive sound.
Plebeian Grandstand — Lowgazers
Plebeian Grandstand’s Lowgazers channels intensity through dissonant, tightly controlled extreme music.